Money bag



J. E. ROWAN Dec. 13, 1955 MONEY BAG Filed March 3, 1954 INVENTOR. -Jbhn E. Rowan.

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United States Patent i MONEY BAG John E. Rowan, Tulsa, Okla.

Application March 3, 1954, Serial No. 413,907

1 Claim. (Cl. 150-37) This invention relates to a money bag for use of storekeepers for containing the change removed from a cash register at the end of a days business, for example a merchant counts the change that is contained in his cash register at the end of a days business and the change is placed together in a sack or the like that is carried on the person, or placed in a safe pending reopening for the next days business. This method of handling the change requires separation of the various denominations when they are inserted in the till of a cash register. While it is true that some merchants avoid separation of the different denominations of coins by placing them in separate sacks, such method increases the balk to be carried or deposited in the safe.

It is, therefore, a principal object of the present invention to provide a money bag comprising a series of compartments or pockets for the respective denominations and which is provided with a common closure means for safely containing the coins.

Other objects of the invention are to provide a money bag with a closure that permits opening of one compartment at a time so as to facilitate discharge of the coins into the respective compartments of the till of a cash register or the like; to provide a money bag structure that is free of obstruction to discharge of the coins into the till of a cash register; to provide a bag formed of flexible material and adapted to be readily folded into a relatively small size; and to provide a stout construction, characterized by its long wearing ability.

In accomplishing these and other objects of the invention hereinafter pointed out, I have provided improved structure, the preferred form of which is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a money bag constructed in accordance with the present invention to provide a series of pockets closed by a common zipper extending across all of the pockets, the zipper being shown partially opened.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary perspective view of one end of the money bag with parts broken away to better illustrate the construction.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged horizontal cross section through the pockets at one end of the bag.

Fig. 4 is a cross section through one of the pockets of the money bag showing the closure in open position.

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary perspective view of one end of the bag showing the manner of emptying the coins into the compartments in the till of a money drawer.

Referring more in detail to the drawings:

1 designates a money bag constructed in accordance with the present invention and which is formed of a flexible, wear-resistant fabric such as canvas, plastic or the like and has side walls 2-3, connected along the bottom edge 4 and at the ends 5 and 5, leaving an open top 6 that is closed by a zipper 7. The walls are connected at a plurality of points intermediate the ends 5 and 5' to form pockets 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12.

The material is preferably cut to a rectangular shape 2,726,697 Patented Dec. 13, 1955 ice and folded longitudinally near the median point thereof as indicated at 13 to provide side walls 2 and 3, the wall 2 being of slightly greater depth than the wall 3 as best shown in Fig. 4. If a selvage edge is not provided along the upper edge of the walls the edges are turned upon themselves as indicated at 14 and faced by the fabric tapes 15 and 16 which have marginal portions 17 and 18 projecting from the upper edges of the walls to carry the fastening elements 19 and 20.

Since it is important to avoid any obstruction to discharge of coins from the respective pockets, the edge of the higher wall 2 is turned outwardly as at 21 and the tape 15 is applied thereover and secured by lines of stitching 22 and 23. It is not necessary for the coins to discharge across the wall 3 and, therefore, the tape 16 may be attached to the inner side of the wall 3 by lines of stitching 24 and 25 thereby providing a more finished outer appearance for the front or wall 3.

The ends 5 and 5 of the Walls are closed by expansible fabric inserts 26. The inserts 26 are of length corresponding with the height of the bag and are folded on the longitudinal centers 27 thereof as best shown in Fig. 3. The lower ends of each insert are stitched together along their lower edges 28. The inserts are inset between the walls 2 and 3 with the marginal edges 29 and 30 turned reversely and secured to inturned end edges 31 and 32 of the side walls to provide finished seams 33 and 34, the edges being secured together by lines of stitching 35 and 36.

The pockets 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 are formed by transverse stitching 37, 38, 39 and 45 that secures the side Walls together as best shown in Fig. 1. The side Walls are also connected at the respective ends of the stitching by grommets 41 and 42 to reinforce the transverse stitching. The upper corners of the side walls are also connected with the inserts by individual grommets 45 and 46. The upper ends of the inserts are also preferably turned to provide finished edges 47 secured by stitching 48.

The grommets at the upper ends of the transverse stitching also extend through the tapes substantially at the lines of stitching 24 and 25 so that the projecting portions of the tapes are substantially flexible and to bring the zipper elements on the front side of the bag when the zipper elements are interengaged by the slide fastener 49.

In using the bag constructed and assembled as described, the pennies are removed from the penny compartment of the till of a cash register and are placed in a corresponding end pocket of the bag, for example in the pocket 12. The nickels are placed in the pocket 11, the dimes in the pocket 19, the quarters in the pocket 9 and the half dollars in the pocket 8. The slide fastener of the zipper is then moved from the left-hand end to the right-hand end, closing all of the pockets. The bag may then be folded or rolled as desired and carried in the pocket or conveniently placed in a safe to keep all of the coins intact, ready for replacement in the till of the cash register.

In replacing the coins the zipper is drawn retractively to open first the pocket 12. The back side 2 of the bag is held in downward position over the till as shown in Fig. 5 so that the pennies slide freely across the tape 15 of the fastener without danger of lodging thereon. The slide fastener 49 is then moved to the left to open the next pocket so that the nickels may be similarly discharged into the nickel compartment of the till. The other coins are similarly emptied from the bag into the proper compartment.

If the merchant desires to maintain a given amount of change at the start of each days business, the change is counted and only the desired number of coins is placed in the respective pockets. Then when the coins are replaced in the till of the cash register, the days work r 1 a 3 starts with the desired amount of change. If an insuflicient number of coins is in the till at the end of a days business a suflicient numberof coins to make the desired totalis insertedin the respective pockets thereby maintaining the-amount of cash necessary in making change forithe day's business. 7 7

From 'the foregoing it is obvious that I have provided a-moneybag-thatis of long lasting and strong construction and that the money'bag 'is readily manipulated to insert-and discharge the-coins. 1

'It -is also obvious that theuse-of the bag provides for orderly keeping of' change 'and helps the merchant in maintaining the required amount of'ehange on hand to 'tran'saet a days business.

If desired, -all of the pockets may be opened at one time. ,The bag is turned open side down with the pockets simultaneously.

'What Iclaim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: 7

t in registrywith the-till compartments to empty the pockets A money bag' having elongated side walls connected 20 along one of the longer edges of said side walls, tapes extending along the other of the opposite longer edges of said side walls, one 'of said tapes having an edge 1 port-ion "attached along an outer face of one of'the side walls along the length thereof whereby said edge portion 25 is on the outer side of the bag andthe edge of said one the edge portion of the other oflsaid tapes, fastening elements of a zipper on the respective registering edges of the tapes, a slide fastener ,for .seguri'ng the fastening elements together along the length of said walls to close said' bag,,expandab1e iIlSfittSJDllflfifititlgfCnds of the side walls together and extending inwardly between said sidewalls and under the fastening elements of said-tapes to close the ends'ofzthebag, and transversellin'es of stitehing inter mediate the inserts with the lines oftstitches spaced apart 7 and from said inserts forforming-aplurality of pockets in said bag. v 7

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